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End of Intel-Pin-Compatible CPUs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-then-there-was-one dept.

sonamchauhan writes ""Intel, Via bury the hatchet" proclaims this news.com article. The settlement reportedly allows Via to build Intel-pin-compatible CPUs for three years more, but Via must cease pin-compatibility after that." This settlement apparently closes out 27 existing lawsuits.

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  1. Most VIA cpus are in mini-itx's by dtldl · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and so attatched to the board anyway, making pin compatibility a non-issue.